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Maybe things were a bit better for a while. Life's essence is an integral of happiness.
by flyinglizard 5y ago
Maybe things were a bit better for a while. Life's essence is an integral of happiness.
- hollerith 5y agoMaybe so, but as a US taxpayer, I object to any plan or program that buys so little happiness for so many US tax dollars.
- dweekly 5y agoWith a quarter of a million dead[1], I'm not sure I can agree with "better" for the families of those impacted. On a "Dollars Per Amount of Joy Conferred" metric for success (which I like!), I think this one gets a pretty big negative score. [1] https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2021/human-and-budgetary-costs-date-us-war-afghanistan-2001-2021 https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2021/human-and-b...